I have an idea.  I think that anyone running for National office should be required, and I mean required, to look for work as a lower to lower-middle class person for a mimimum of 1 year.  That means, no Golden Parachutes, no Daddy's money, no connections, nada, zip, zilch.  They shoul… Read full post »

I saw him from my car and thought “Damn, please don’t let that be him”.    He trudged across the parking lot trailing misery with every step.   His shoulders hunched in his camouflage outfit, oddly out of place in the middle of the city.  Great, I thoug/… Read full post »

I have some suggestions for the companies about to be bailed out. I believe that the bailout should be contingent on a few small requirements.

1. The CEO and top executive pay packages should be funneled into an account which will serve to paydown the debt assumed by the government. Now I… Read full post »

Today, in Mother Jones, David Corn discloses the names and affiliations of the 117 lobbyists working on the McCain campaign. (The full article can be found here.) On this day when McCain is posturing about the evils of Wall Street and the influence peddlers, he has neglected one simple fact: His… Read full post »

If one were charitable, one could call John McCain, Sarah Palin and the entire campaign apparatus misguided and with the best of intentions. However, in my opinion, being charitable stretches credulity to the breaking point. So I'll say it flat out. John McCain, Sarah Palin and the entire campaign ap… Read full post »

  am disgusted.

I can no longer sit idly by and assume that sanity will return before November. I spent the last 2 Presidential elections assuming that the gaping holes I saw in the Republican candidate, namely Mr. Bush, were visible to everyone who profess to care about… Read full post »